As Christians, we’ve all heard and studied the story of Jonah and the great fish. But do we know that the disobedient prophet was “swallowed up” not once, but three times?<\/p>\n
1) Jonah was “swallowed up” by prejudice<\/strong> The Ninevites were a wicked and idolatrous people (Jonah 1:2), and God wanted Jonah to preach repentance to them. But Jonah wanted them to feel God’s wrath (Jonah 4:2), so he boarded a ship and headed in the opposite direction (Jonah 1:3).<\/p>\n 2) Jonah was “swallowed up” by the sea<\/strong> A wild storm was battering the boat, so the superstitious sailors cast lots to find out who was to blame, and “the lot fell on Jonah” (Jonah 1:7). He said, “Throw me into the sea” (Jonah 1:12). As the swirling waters engulfed him, he sank toward certain death.<\/p>\n 3) Jonah was “swallowed up” by a large fish that God had prepared to rescue him<\/strong> (Jonah 1:17) Inside the fish 3 days, he confessed his sin and promised to obey God (Jonah 2:1-9). After he was delivered, he followed God’s directive and preached judgment to Nineveh, and all the people repented (Jonah 3:1-5).<\/p>\n Sometimes God allows us to face frightening circumstances so that we will learn to trust and obey Him. It’s always best to obey the Lord right away then we won’t be “swallowed up.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" As Christians, we’ve all heard and studied the story of Jonah and the great fish. But do we know that the disobedient prophet was “swallowed up” not once, but three times? 1) Jonah was “swallowed up” by prejudice The Ninevites were a wicked and idolatrous people (Jonah 1:2), and God wanted Jonah to preach repentance … Continue reading “Jonah Was “Swallowed Up” – Bible study”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47527","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47527","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47527\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}